Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

2006 BR284

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 September 2014

--Orbital and physical data--

(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)

dynamical type, primary: TNO, Cubewano


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 44.0983 AU
orbital period P: 292.847 yr
(= 106962.2 d)
eccentricity e: 0.04558
perihelion distance q: 42.0884 AU
aphelion distance Q: 46.1081 AU
inclination i: 1.15464°
argument of perihelion ω: 104.96°
ascending node Ω: 15.389°
mean anomaly M: 14.21°
perihelion passage TP: 2002 Nov 01
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 2006-2011 (29 obs.)
Earth MOID: 41.1044 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 5.933
Neptune Tisserand invariant TN:3.10 [*D]


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 25300 ± 300 km [P11a]
separation/primary radius as/rp:560 [*D]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.088 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 1501 ± 12.8 d [P11a]
eccentricity es: 0.28 ± 0.01 [P11a]
inclination is:55.6° ± 1.35° [P11a]
ascending node Ωs:41° ± 2° [P11a]
argument of pericenter ωs:14° ± 1° [P11a]
mean anomaly M:219° ± 1° [P11a]
Epoch:2009 Nov 17.58
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 6.9 [MPC]
7.3 [P11a]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 114 km [*D]
geometric albedo: 0.22 ± 0.01/0.01 [P11a]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 5.7x1017 ± 1.85x1016 kg [P11a]
density ρ: (1 g/cm3) [*A]
Hill radius rH: 290000 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 89.8 ± 0.8/1 km [P11a]
rotation period RPp: ?
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: ?
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 71 ± 1.5/1.5 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.794 ± 0.015 [P11a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.50 ± 0.04 [P11a]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- 2006 BR284 --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 2006 Jan 31 from Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA by ?.

Companion discovered 2006 Jan 31 using imaging observations. Announced 2011 Aug 11.

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Last modified 20 September 2014.
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